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Comparing six cardiovascular risk prediction models in Haiti: implications for identifying high-risk individuals for primary prevention

BMC Public Health, 2022
Background Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are rapidly increasing in low-middle income countries (LMICs). Accurate risk assessment is essential to reduce premature CVD by targeting primary prevention and risk factor treatment among high-risk groups ...
Lily D. Yan, Jean Lookens Pierre, Vanessa Rouzier, Michel Théard, Alexandra Apollon, Stephano St Preux, Justin R. Kingery, Kenneth A. Jamerson, Marie Deschamps, Jean W. Pape, Monika M. Safford, Margaret L. McNairy   +11 more
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Integrating tuberculosis and HIV care in the primary care setting in South Africa. [PDF]

, 2004
BACKGROUND: In many countries including South Africa, the increasing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and tuberculosis (TB) epidemics have impacted significantly on already weakened public health services.
Anderson SR, Cantwell MF, Godfrey-Faussett P, Maher D, Rieder HL, World Health Organization   +5 more
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High Dietary Sodium, Measured Using Spot Urine Samples, is Associated with Higher Blood Pressure among Young Adults in Haiti

Global Heart, 2023
Background: Hypertension (HTN) is the leading cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factor in Haiti and is likely driven by poverty-related social and dietary factors.
Adrienne Clermont, Vanessa Rouzier, Jean Lookens Pierre, Rodney Sufra, Eliezer Dade, Fabyola Preval, Stephano St-Preux, Marie Marcelle Deschamps, Alexandra Apollon, Kathryn Dupnik, Miranda Metz, Yanique Duffus, Shalom Sabwa, Lily D. Yan, Myung Hee Lee, Lawrence G. Palmer, Linda M. Gerber, Mark S. Pecker, Samuel J. Mann, Monika M. Safford, Daniel W. Fitzgerald, Jean W. Pape, Margaret L. McNairy   +22 more
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Disseminated fatal Talaromyces (Penicillium) marneffei infection in a returning HIV-infected traveller

Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine, 2014
We report a case of disseminated fatal Talaromyces (Penicillium) marneffei infection in an HIV-infected, antiretroviral treatment-experienced South African woman who had travelled to mainland China.
N. P. Govender, R. E. Magobo, M. du Plooy, C. Corcoran, T. G. Zulu   +4 more
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Interventions for neurocognitive dysfunction [PDF]

, 2017
Purpose of review: To evaluate current barriers to HIV cure strategies and interventions for neurocognitive dysfunction with a particular focus on recent advancements over the last three years. Recent findings: Optimal anti-retroviral therapy (ART) poses
Brew, B, Ellero, J, Lubomski, M
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New insights into the impact of neuro-inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis. [PDF]

, 2014
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is considered to be, in many respects, an archetypal autoimmune disease that causes activation of pro-inflammatory pathways resulting in joint and systemic inflammation.
Akasbi, Alten, Askling, Axford, Barrick, Bean, Bekkelund, Bongartz, Burmester, Burmester, Capellino, Cheng, Chiu, Chou, Combs, De Almeida, De Rycke, Detrait, Diamond, Doran, Doran, Emmer, Fayed, Feldmann, Firestein, Franklyn A. Howe, Germano, Gregersen, Gussew, Hamed, Harris, Ho, Hull, Hunter, Inan, Jacobs, Kaltsonoudis, Keane, Keystone, King, Klareskog, Lauvsnes, Lee, Leombruno, Lipsky, Listing, MacGregor, Mahdi, Malaviya, Markenson, McInnes, Medeiros, Mellor, Meseguer, Mikuls, Morris, Nadeau, Ni Mhuircheartaigh, Nicholas R. Fuggle, Nidhi Sofat, Nishioku, Norheim, O'Callaghan, Ogawa, Panayi, Parks, Rachel L. Allen, Ramiro, Rech, Rosenblum, Salliot, Salmon-Ceron, Scher, Schoels, Schweinhardt, Scott, Senaldi, Serrats, Skelly, Smolen, Sokka, Steens, Strangfeld, Symmons, Taylor, Teeling, Thomson, Tracey, Tubach, Upadhyay, van der Woude, van Heemst, van Vollenhoven, Vincent, Wallis, Wartolowska, Wegner, Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium., Wendler, Weyand, Wolfe, Woolf, Zivadinov   +102 more
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Two echinocandin-resistant Candida glabrata FKS mutants from South Africa

Medical Mycology Case Reports, 2016
Echinocandins are recommended as first-line agents to treat invasive infections caused by Candida glabrata since this organism is inherently less susceptible to azoles. However, resistance to echinocandins has been described in C.
Serisha D. Naicker, Rindidzani E. Magobo, Thokozile G. Zulu, Tsidiso G. Maphanga, Nkosinathi Luthuli, Warren Lowman, Nelesh P. Govender   +6 more
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Gastrointestinal microbiota composition predicts peripheral inflammatory state during treatment of human tuberculosis

Nature Communications, 2021
Antibiotic therapy can lead to pathogen clearance, but also to alterations in the gut microbiota and systemic immune responses. Here, the authors analyze data from patients with tuberculosis and healthy subjects to show that pathogen clearance and gut ...
Matthew F. Wipperman, Shakti K. Bhattarai, Charles Kyriakos Vorkas, Venkata Suhas Maringati, Ying Taur, Laurent Mathurin, Katherine McAulay, Stalz Charles Vilbrun, Daphie Francois, James Bean, Kathleen F. Walsh, Carl Nathan, Daniel W. Fitzgerald, Michael S. Glickman, Vanni Bucci   +14 more
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Does lowering the screening age for cervical cancer in The Netherlands make sense?\ud [PDF]

, 2008
Recommendations for the age to initiate cervical cancer screening should be directed towards maximum detection of early cervical cancer. However, the screening programme should do more good than harm. The aim of this analysis was to determine whether the
Anttila, Anttila, Arbyn, Arbyn, Arbyn, Barnabas, Bulk, Castle, de Graaf, de Sanjose, Engberts, Franco, Franco, Gustafsson, Haverkos, Jacobs, Kahn, Kyrgiou, Lahelma, Laukkanen, Loos, Miller, Mount, National Cancer Institute, Ostor, Raffle, Rebolj, Rebolj, Rogstad, Sigurdsson, Sigurdsson, Sinclair, Tacken, van Ballegooijen, van Ballegooijen, van Ballegooijen, Walboomers, Webb, Wilson   +38 more
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Opportunistic Infections [PDF]

, 2020
Evolution in paediatric HIV management has changed the incidence and prevalence of opportunistic infections and a major reduction has been shown for most opportunistic infections with antiretroviral therapy use in lower and middle-income countries, especially in the first year of treatment.
Lawler, Melissa, Naby, Fathima
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